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COMBING MACHINE.

APPUCATION HLED NOV. 17, 1920.

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APPLICATION FILED NOV. 17, 1920.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 1, 1922.

Application filed November 17, 1920. Serial No. 424,634.

(GRANTED UNDER THE ra'ovrsrons or THE ACT or MARCH 3, 1921, 41 srar. L, 1313.

T 0 cl] whom it may concerns Be it known that I, ROBERT TAYLOR, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Soho Iron WVorks, Oldham, in the county of Lancaster, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in Combing Machines (for which I have filed application in Great Britain, Patent No. 116,060), of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in those combing machines which have attached a pneumaticappliance such as the aspirator described in the specification to Roths British Patent No. 5124 of 1907 for removing the waste from the cylinder brushes.

In a former'British patent granted to me and. numbered 101610 I described and claimed an arrangement for driving the fan or aspirator from the loose pulley in such manner that when the driving strap is shifted to the fast pulley and the combing machine is re-started after a stoppage, the driving strap will still be partly on the loose pulley which continues to run and thus the fan or aspirator is at full working speed at the time when the combing mechanism is restarted. In my said patent it was also suggested that an adjustable stop might be provided to prevent the driving strap being moved entirely off the loose pulley, and that by moving this stop out of the way, the loose pulley could be stopped, but this arrangement necessarily involves that the machine would continue running after the aspirator had been stopped thus defeating the whole function of the aspirator.

My present invention is a development of an improvement on that above mentioned and has for its object to enable the fan or aspirator when the machine is stopped to either continue running or to be stopped entirely as required for cleaning or other purposes whereas in my previous patent it was impossible to stop both the machine and the fan or aspirator at the same time.

Further in conjunction with this improved driving arrangement for the fan to provide a locking device for the door of the fan box or casing.

I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying four sheets of drawings, in which- Fig. 1 is a front elevation, and Fig. 2 a side elevation of the driving end of a combing machine to which my invention is applied, both the machine and fan being stopped. Figs. 3 and 4t are also front elevations shewing the parts in the relative positions occupied, F 3 when the machine is stopped and the fan is working, Fig. 1 when both the machine and fan are working.

In these views-a designates the frame of the driving end of the combing machine; 6 the driving shaft; 0 one of the bearing brackets in which the driving shaft is journalled; (Z the fan or aspirator; c the fan boX or casing; 6 its door or cover; 7" the fan shaft; 9 its driving pulley; and it the rope by which it is driven from the grooved pulley 2'.

F or the purposes of my invention, I key or secure the fast pulley j on the driving shaft Z) and I mount a sleeve m loose on the driving shaft. This sleeve m is formed integral or combined with the grooved pulley 21 and on its outer extremity next the fast pulley is keyed a narow pulley a while between the narrow pulley n and the grooved pulley the loose pulley 0 is mounted loosely on the sleeve m.

The driving belt p is controlled as usual from the starting rod 9 connected to an arm 9 fixed on the shaft 8 onwhich is fixed the lever t carrying the strap fork u, and when the belt p is moved onto the fast pulley j into the position shown in Fig. 4 the machine is being driven through the fast pulley 7' while the fan or aspirator (Z is being driven through the narrow pulley a, sleeve m, grooved pulley 2', rope it, and grooved pulley g on the fan shaft When, however, the; driving belt p is moved off the fast pulley 9' into the position shown in F 3 the machine is stopped but the fan or aspirator (Z continues to be driven from the narrow pulley n.

For ordinary working purposes the move ment of the strap fork u is limited to prevent the driving belt p from being moved off the narrow pulley a and entirely on to the loose pulley o and for this purpose any suitable form of stop may be employed as for example, a part on the starting rod q and a hinged stop piece on the framing normally acting to restrict themovement of the starting rod.

lVhen however, it is desired to stop the fan or aspirator (Z as well as the machine the stop is moved out of the way, and the strap fork g actuated. so as to bring the drivingbelt 7) entirely on to the loose pulley as shown in Fig. 1 thereby stopping the fan or aspirator as well as the machine and allowing the door or cover 6 to be opened to inspect or clean the fan.

To prevent the door 6 being opened until both the machine and the fan have been stopped, I secure on the strap fork shaft 8 a rod or bar '0 with its lower end curved as to give access to the fan or aspirator d.

The door 6 may, if required, have a stop piece fixed thereon so that when the door 6 is opened the stop piece lies in the path of the lever 41 and so prevents the belt being moved from the loose pulley 0 on to the fan pulley 7% thereby preventing the fan from revolving unlessand until door is closed.

I What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. In a combing machine, the combination of a shaft, fast and loose pulley mounted thereon, a sleeve loosely mounted on theshaft, narrow and 'rooved pulleys keyed to said sleeve, a belt for driving said pulleys, a fan shaft adapted to be driven by the grooved pulley, and means for shifting said belt whereby the fan may be operated while the machine is going or stopped or the fan may be stopped without stopping the belt.

2. In a combing machine, the combination of a shaft, a fast pulley keyed-thereon, a sleeve loosely mounted upon the shaft, a grooved pulley-keyed to said sleeve, a loose pulley mounted on said sleeve, a narrow pulley between the fast and loose pulleys keyed to said sleeve, a fan shaft adapted to be driven by the grooved pulley, a belt for driving said pulleys, and means for shifting said belt whereby the fan may be operated while the machine is going or stopped or the fan may be stopped without stopping the belt.

3. In a combing machine, the combination of a shaft, a fast pulley keyed thereon, a sleeve loosely mounted upon the shaft, a grooved pulley keyed to said sleeve, a loose pulley mounted on said sleeve, a narrow pulley between the fast and loose pulleys keyed to said sleeve, the width of the narrow and fast pulleys together approximating the width of the loos-e pulley and belt, a, fan shaft adapted to be driven by the grooved pulley, a belt for driving said pulleys, and

means for shifting said belt whereby the fan may be operated while the machine is going or stopped or thefan may be stopped With! out stopping the belt. i In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

' ROBERT TAYLOR. itness v HERBERT RO LAND ABBEY. 

